I am happy to sit in silence with my wife and I think that is a good sign – we are just happy being in each other’s company.
N/A, N/A, The Guardian, 6 July 2019 source ↗
The question
What do you value most in your friends?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I am happy to sit in silence with my wife and I think that is a good sign – we are just happy being in each other’s company.
N/A, N/A, The Guardian, 6 July 2019 source ↗
I had a family physician when I was growing up who was a mentor and steered me towards studying medicine.
Honesty, trustworthiness, and a deep understanding of emotions.
The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.
That they want to be with me.
I always try to give honest answers, but they are fairly boring so I don't have to deal with the aftermath of any scandals.
Professionally, when I lost my first Wimbledon final. I am also disappointed I didn’t learn Spanish when I lived there.
I used to be more. No, I don't. The problem with having superstitions is, you know, you become very sort of attached to them. Then, you know, if you always go in the same shower and then you finish your practice and you go to have a shower and someone's in it, you're not obviously going to jump in there. Well, you could, but I choose not to. (Smiling.) So, yeah, I try not to have any superstitions.
I think my left, but I don't really know. I haven't thought about it before. I think my left - I'll let you know.
People pity me for being around in this era, but I believe it has made me a better player, because each year the bar is raised. It’s like being Real Madrid or Manchester United behind Barcelona. Maybe the teams that come second won’t be remembered, but what can they do but try their hardest?
Overthinking.
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